Artists 1995 – 2011

15 years of next – Verein für zeitgenössische Kunst
International artists in residence projects

Idea, concept and directed by Luise Kloos

1995 Kunstmühle
The dialogue among the contemporary fine arts, a sixhundred year old mill building and its surrounding farm, with the techical functions, the social life, the stimulations of light, shadows, smells, sounds, rhythms, and, not least, the redolent atmosphere itself of the building, offered a multitude of inspirations for artistic experiments.

Artists
Anja Steidinger, Dana Gordon, Flora Neuwirth, Istvan Eross, Rebecca LittleJohn, Robert Novak, Roser Sellesvellve, Thomas Schreiner, Mathias Loibner

Art historian: Christiane Kada
Organisation: Helga Lackner

1996 Kunstbrau
The Kunstbrau project is an exciting stage for next. Three parallel, interconnected barrel vaults, normally used as storage cellars at the Puntigam brewery, have been adapted as studios. They are situated trhe storeys below the ground, they are dark and cool, part of an amazing underground system of caverns and passages.

Artists
Brigitte Nahon, Ernesto Neto, Edin Numankadic, Ferdinand Penker, Dieter Payr, Anselm Schaufler, Melanie Bong

Art historian: Christiane Kada
Organisation: Helga Lackner

1996 sentient
An exchange program between Old Town City Hall, Prague

Artists
Istvan Eross, Dana Gordon, Rebecca LittleJohn, Ernesto Neto, Robert Novak, Edin Numankadic, Ferdinand Penker, Roser Sellesvellve, Anja Steidinger

Art philosopher: Johann Götschl
Organisation: Helga Lackner, Robert Novak

1997 graz / grambach : open to art and tech
The project is neither focused on demonizing technology nor is it intended to support the demand that everything that can be done with the aid of technology should actually be done. But the artsworks on show can help increase an open-minded, realistic and critical stance towards meteorically advancing technolgies and to heighten our awareness of the vast impact that technology has on our behariour, our way of thinking and our environment.

Artists
Carla Guagliardi, Alois Kronschläger, Francisco C. Lenero, Michaela Söll, Joseph Tasnadi, Florian Geßler, Bernhard Humting

Art historian: Annemarie Happe
Organisation: Helga Lackner, Renate Krammer, Heidi Thonhofer

1998 denk.werk.statt.graz
A Think Tank for Graz 2003 – Capital Culture of Europe with artists, students and guest speakers.

Participants
Niels Betori, Birgit Färber, Florian Grond, Angela Hamedl, Günther Kubiza, Bettina Messner, Michael Obrist, Dieter Payr, Borut Popenko, Hans Peter Reicher, Petra Stossl, Joseph Tasnadi, Heidemarie Thonhofer, Max Aufischer, Günter Getzinger, Dragica Marinic, Birgit Pölzl, Peter Rak

Art historian: Bettina Messner
Organisation: Heidi Thonhofer

1999 K – Wenn ich das nicht Krieg, geb´ ich keinen Frieden
Works to the actual war in Europe

Artists
Joseph Tasnadi, Mirko Maric, Damir Hoyka, XXkunstkabel, Bernhard Humting, Josef Taucher, Angelika Kampfer, Max Aufischer, Projekt Theater Wien / New York, Eva Brenner, Beate Göbel, Maren Rahmann, Clemens Matzka, Marcello Gama, Heinz Janisch, Birgit Pölzl, Reni Hofmüller, Muhidin Saric, Alberto de Campo

Art historian: Petra Stossl
Organisation: Heidi Thonhofer

2000 mailart
A www project with the communication of web TV, mailart etc.

Artists
Deishovida, Dejan Grba, XXkunstkabel, Joseph Tasnadi, Anja Steidinger, Istvan Eross, Mathias Loibner, Robert Novak, Dana Gordon, Edin Numankadic, Ferdinand Penker, Dieter Payr, Bernhard Humting, Carla Guagliardi, Alois Kronschläger, Niels Betori, Günther Kubiza, Borut Popenko, Birgit Pölzl, Josef Taucher, Angelika Kampfer, Damir Hoyka, Max Aufischer

Art critic: Walter Titz
Organisation: Heidi Thonhofer

2001 ICON – Sprachräume – Bildräume
Icons of Horror, Icons of Politics, Icons of Love, Icons of Religion: Much Power and Little Sense

Artists
Gordana Andelic-Galic, Dejan Grba, Günther Kubiza, Josef Taucher, Martin G. Wanko, Monika Wogrolly, Performance Ensemble, Dr. Nachtstrom

Art critic: Frido Hütter
Organisation: Heidi Thonhofer

2002 special NEEDS
A joint project with Jugend am Werk and Sterz
„I want to think life is beautiful. I want to think life is beautiful because thinking something is beautiful helps finding beauty, sometimes the nipples hurry on ahead, followed by a thought, or the knees or a feeling and finally the rest of the self comes along.“ (Birgit Pölzl)

Artists
Birgit Pölzl, Andrea Sailer, Anselm Schaufler, Eva Brunner, Helwig Brunner, Adi Hausmann, Lore Heuermann, Sabine Thaller, Sabina Taucher, Wolfgang Walzl, Danica Phelps, Robert Posch, Josip Lovrenovic,

Art historian: Rozalija Linke
Organisation: Rozalija Linke, Lia Kaiser, Peter Hasler

2003 mauern
In the course of a 14-day workshop in the brickstone factory Wolf, the artists contemplated the concept and the idea of „wall“ as well as its synonym „border“ in their aesthetic dimensions and in the contect of society.

Artists
Siegfried Amtmann, Lore Heuermann, Hans Jandl, Sinisa Labrovic, Aurelia Meinhart, Alois Neuhold, Gerhard Nierhaus, Wolfgang Rahs, Kurt Stadler, Igor Sviderski, Joseph Tasnadi, Vlasta Zanic

Art historian: Rozalija Linke, Heribert Michl, Eva Martischnig
Organisation: Rozalija Linke

2004 erben : erobern
An innovation park which is currently being established at this site, will create new working environments. Erben : erobern opens up association possibilities and inspiring aspects for interdisciplinary artistic activities. The challenges presented by the contemporary business world and life as it is today create referents points to global networks and forms of production to generation issues and passivity and activity.

Artists
Carla Guagliardi, Robert F. Hammerstiel, ILA, Lore Heuermann, Gerhard Nierhaus, Axel Kirchmayr, Peter Lackner, Hannes Waltl, Joao Modé, René Stessl, Josip Zanki, Monika Wogrolly, Edo Micic, Shirin and Nasrin Asgari, Manfred Stern, Peter Kunsek, Barbara Konrad, Kathrin Lenzenweger, Florian Geßler

Art historian: Birgit Schwaner
Organisation: Rozalija Linke

This project has been awarded with the Maecenas Styria and Maecenas Austria in 2005 for the Immorent Süd Sponsorship.

2005/2006 Wegstrecken : Standpunkte – Arten des Bewegens
A cooperation with Künstlerbegegnung St. Lambrecht
The exhibition war shown in St. Lambrecht and in St. Donat – Zadar.
St. Lambrecht provided the right environment for a project exploring the „culture of walking“, in the sense of all kinds of internal and external movements: walking, hiking, pilgrimage, meditation.

Artists
Helwig Brunner, Lore Heuermann, Sonja Lixl, Christina Lick, Gerhard Nierhaus, Josip Zanki

Cooperation with inhabitants and Hauptschule St. Lambrecht
Art historian: Martin Behr
Organisation: Kathi Dilena, Birgit Meier, Josip Zanki
Director: Luise Kloos, Pater Gerwig Romirer

2007 – 2009 A.S.T.I.D.E. Art for Social Transformation and Intercultural Dialogue in Europe
A European Cultural Project with the partners: Cittadellarte – Biella, Next – Verein für bildende Kunst – Graz, Hangar – Barcelona, DeBuren – Brussels, St. James Cavalier – Malta

2008 Heimat in the intercultural dialogue
As_Tide Partner Meeting, City Walk, Open Space Discussion, Public lecture and Workshop with the topic of Heimat in the intercultural dialogue in Graz

Artists
Katya Borg, Yolanda de los Bueis, Jelena Dabic, Marcel Fotter, Lore Heuermann, Reino Koivula, Tina Lamm, Elisa Marchesini, Christina Medina, Aurelia Meinhart, Bertl Mütter, Alessandra Nicolini, Anselm Schaufler, Christoph Schwarz, Susanne Schweiger, Davide Skerlj, Manfred Stern, Max Valentin, Fedor Vucemilovic, Josip Zanki

Lecturers:
Michelangelo Pistoletto, Wolfgang Welsch, Raymond Saner, Branko Francheschi, Liz King
Cooperations:
Astrid Kury – Akademie Graz, steirischer herbst, Literaturhaus Graz, Schauspielhaus Graz, Reverend Hermann Glettler – Pfarre St. Andrä, Dir. Irmingard Otto – Hauptschule St. Andrä, Karoline Heinisch – Pfarrkindergarten Karlau, Mag. Silvia Göhring – ISOP, Adam Budak – Kunsthaus Graz

Organisation: Doris Pojer, Katharina Dilena

2009 Final presentation of As_Tide in Brussels, 29th April 2009
The final presentation of all workshop results including „Heimat in the intercultural dialogue“ with the concert of Bauernhimmel IV, composed by Anselm Schaufler, performed by Ensemble Zeitfluss

Artists:
Max Valentin, Yolanda de los Buies, Elisa Marchesini, Christoph Schwarz, Anselm Schaufler, Edo Micic, Hubert Salmhofer, Fabienne Zernig, Clemens Frühstück, Kurt Körner, Radu Petrean, Hugo Mali, Kathrin Lenzenweger, Reka Nagy, Daniel Moser, Andrea Molnar, Lisa Malyusz, Tamas Schultz

Organisation: Doris Pojer

2010 China goes Europe – NUROPE X
International Symposion, Think Tank and Publication

Participants and artists
Chen Hanghzu, Darrel Toulon, Boris Michaljcic, Bostjan Ivanjsic, Shaohui Yi, Eli Ho, Norikazu Aoki, Hong-Ling Yang, Elisabeth Gigler, Antony Frederikson, Lichia Yiu, Raymond Saner, Monica Dematté, Paul Z. Rotterdam, Bengt Kristensson Uggla, Peter Pakesch, Lore Heuermann, Franz Yang-Mocnik, Wan Jie Chen, Kathryn List, Franz Leitner, Hannes Voraberger, Werner Wiedenbauer, Pierre Guillet du Monthoux, Max Valentin, Doris Knasar

Organisation: Doris Pojer

2010 Mountains
A collaboration with HDLU – Croatian Artists Association and Artenativa, and Coed Hills-Rural Art Space, Wales.

Artists:
Josip Zanki, Nika Radic, Martina Mezak, Jahangir Akash, Tim Halewood, Rawley Clay

Organisation: Doris Pojer, Michaela Herman

2011 China goes Europe – Presentation of the Publication
Literaturhaus Graz

Artists:
Lore Heuermann, Gerhard Nierhaus, Shaohui Yi, Claudia Fürnholzer

Organisation: Michi Herman

2011 Mountains – Presentation of Videos and Publication
in HDLU – Zagreb

Artists and Speakers
Josip Zanki, Astrid Kury, Luise Kloos, Christian Lack, Nika Radic, Martina Mezak
Organisation: Martina Mezak, Josip Zanki, Luise Kloos

Artists in total: 230
Countries: Austria, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Great Britain, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, France, Italy, Slovenija, Croatia, Bosnia i Herzegowina, Serbia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Romania, Greek, Malta, Great Britain, Brasil, USA, Canada, Iran

Networks and Cooperations
ECP – Europäisches Kulturparlament, NUROPE – Nomadic University for Art, Philosophy and Enterprise in Europe – Abo Akademie – Turku, Fondazione Pistoletto Cittadellarte – Biella, Hangar – Barcelona, DeBuren – Brüssel, St. James Cavalier – Malta, Yeshiva University Museum – NYC, Soros Center – Budapest und Prag, Klovicevi Dvori – Zagreb, Zankarjev Dom – Ljubljana, Copenhagen Business School – Dänemark, Universität Zadar, Austrian Cultural Forum London, New York und Zagreb, Ben Uri Gallery – London, University for Technical Engineering, Institut for Arts and Sciences – Amrita Institute Kerala – Indien, Projekttheater Wien/New York, Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik – Graz, Universalmuseum Joanneum, Tanz Graz, Internationale Bühnenwerkstatt Graz, Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten Graz, Kulturkontakt Wien, Initiativen Wirtschaft für Kunst Wien, Kulturvermittlung Steiermark, STUBE Wien, Literaturhaus Graz, Karl Franzens Universiät Graz, Universität für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Graz, Fachhochschule Joanneum, Kroatische Künstlervereinigung HdLU, Akademie Graz, steirischer herbst, Pfarrer Hermann Glettler, Hauptschule St. Andrä, ISOP, Benediktinerstift St. Lambrecht, Benediktinerabtei Seckau, KSG Steiermark, mur.at, Medienpartnern und Privatwirtschaft